Vera Menchik's chess openings
175 games
Vera Menchik has 175 tournament games in the ChessPrep database. As White, Vera Menchik most often opens with 1.d4 (61% of games). As Black, against 1.e4 the usual reply is 1...e6, the French Defense; against 1.d4 it is 1...Nf6.
As White79 games · +19 =29 −31 · 42%
As Black96 games · +18 =25 −53 · 32%
As White
- 1.d4 Queen's Pawn Opening61%48 games · scores 42% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6
- 1.Nf3 Réti Opening33%26 games · scores 44% · main line 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1.c4 English Opening4%3 games · scores 67% · main line 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6
As Black against 1.e4
- 1...e6 French Defense71%29 games · scores 40% · main line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...c6 Caro-Kann Defense10%4 games · scores 25% · main line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4
- 1...c5 Sicilian Defense10%4 games · scores 38% · main line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
As Black against 1.d4
- 1...Nf6 Indian Defense70%28 games · scores 32% · main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5
- 1...d5 Closed Game23%9 games · scores 17% · main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6
- 1...e6 Horwitz Defense5%2 games · scores 25% · main line 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6
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